Vehicle-brake.



"0.696.077. Patanted Mar. 25,1902.

- .1. B. PICKING.

VEHICLE BRAKE.

(Application filed Aug. 19, 1901.)

(N0 Model.)

INVENTOH ,ATTQRIYEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JOSIAI-I B. PIOKING, OF MANSFIELD, LORENZO D. PATTON AND SAMUEL OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MARRIOTT, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

VEH|CLE=BRAKE.

T fil/ZZ h it y concern: is located between the rearward-extending Be it known that I, JOSIAH B. PICKING, a arm 6 and the bottom or under side of the citizen of the United States, residing at Mansvehicle-body 7 or its equivalent.

field, in the county of Richland and State of The brake-lever 4 is provided with the up- 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful ward-extending arm 10, the extreme upper Improvements in Vehicle-Brakes and I do end of which is provided with the foot-step 11. 6o hereby declare that the following is a full, In use when it is desired to applythe brakeclear, and exact description of the same, ref- .shoe 3 the lever 4 is pressed downward, rockerence being had to the annexed drawings, ing the brake-bar 1 in the direction to throw to making a part of this specification, and to thedownward-extendingarms 2,togetherwith the figures of reference marked thereon, in their brake-shoes 3, against the wheels of the which vehicle. As the brake 4 is pressed down- Figure 1 is a detached view of the brakeward therearward-extending arm is moved bar, showing the brake-shoes removed. Fig. upward, thereby compressing the spring 9,

I 5 2 is a detached view of the brake-lever. Fig. andwhen the brake-lever 4 is released the 3 is a longitudinal section of a vehicle-body, spring'will automatically move the brake-leshowing the brake properly connected. Fig. ver 4 upward and release the brake-shoe 3 4 is a view showing a portion of the brakefromthe wheels of the vehicle. bar, also a portion of the brake-lever, illus- It will be understood that by my peculiar 2o trating a slight modification. arrangement no pivoted rods or links are re- The present invention has relation to ve quired to operate the brake and that the hicle-brakes; and it consists in the novelconbrake is noiselessly operated, and when out struction hereinafter described, and particuof use there are no links or bars to rattle. larly pointed out in the claim. In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a slight modi- 25 Similar numerals of reference indicate corfication, which consists in providing an adresponding parts in all the figures of the draw justable brake-lever 12, which brake-lever is ings. held in proper position from the brake rod 13 In the accompanying drawings, 1 repreby means of the bolt 14, this construction besents the brake-bar, which is formed of a ing desirable when it is necessary to place 30 length to correspond substantially with the the brake-leverat one side of the vehicle body distance between the traveling wheels of the or box and inside thereof. In the description vehicle and its ends provided with the downheretofore given the brake-lever 4 is designed turned portions or parts 2, which downturned to occupy a position in the center of the veportions or parts are for the purpose of prohicle body or box and is non-adjustable lat- 3 5 viding a means for connecting the brake-shoe erally on the brake-bar 1.

3. The brake-lever 4 is securely connected Having fully described myinvention, What by bolts or rivets to the short arm 5, which Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters short arm is formed integral with the brake- Patent, is-

bar 1. In a brake for vehicles abrake-bar having 40 The brake-lever 4 is provided with the rearconnected thereto brake-shoes, a brake-lever ward-extended arm 6, which is for the purfixed to the brake-bar and provided with a 5 pose hereinafter described. rearward extension, and a spring located be- In the accompanying drawings the braketween the top of,the rearward extension and barlis shown connected directly below the vethe bottom of the vehicle-body, and'the for- 45 hicle-body 7 and is pivotally connected thereward end of the brake-lever provided with an to by meansof the clips 8; but it will be unupward-curved portion, substantially as and derstood that this arrangement may be vafor the purpose specified. ried without departing from the nature of my In testimony that I claim the above I have invention, as the only object is to provide a hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 50 pivotal connection for the brake-bar 1, reof two witnesses.

gardless of its exact location. JOSIAH B. PIOKING.

For the purpose of normally holding the Witnesses: brake-shoe 3 away from the 'wheels of the VICTOR LIME, vehicle the spring 9 is provided, which spring JOSEPH N. OUsTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 69 6,077, dated March 25, 1902. Application filed August 19, 1901. Serial No. 721490- (No model.) 

